Definitions

In this Act— (1) except as otherwise provided, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (2) the term Department means the Department of State; (3) the term Index means the metrics and indicators of the Security Sector Governance Index developed under section 3; (4) except as otherwise provided, the term Secretary means the Secretary of State; (5) the term security assistance means assistance provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) (other than Foreign Military Sales or Direct Commercial Sales), or any other provision of law; (6) the term security sector assistance means— (A) security assistance (as defined in paragraph (5)); and (B) security cooperation and related activities and engagement provided under title 10, United States Code, to include sections 127e and 127d of title 10; (7) the term security partner country means a foreign country that currently receives or participates in security sector assistance; (8) the term tier one partner country assistance means the types of security sector assistance described in section 5(a); (9) the term tier two partner country assistance means the types of security sector assistance described in section 5(b); (10) the term tier three partner country assistance means the types of security sector assistance described in section 5(c); and (11) the term tier four partner country assistance means the types of security sector assistance described in section 5(d).